Botanic Scientific Terms

OD

-odes - See –oides. - 14, 471

odon- - G. odont-, odonto-. In compounds, toothed, tooth-. See genus Anisodontea.- 14, 471; 18,406

odont- - G. odon-, odonto-. Relating to teeth. In compounds, toothed, tooth-. – 14, 277, 471

odonto - G. Tooth. See Odontoglossum - 28, 319

odonto- - G. odon-, odont-. In compounds, toothed, tooth-. - 14, 471

odontoglossa - DSN. Toothed tongue, refers to the teethlike projections on lip. See Eulophia o. – 18,244

odontoglossum – DSN. G. From odonto tooth and glossa tongue referring to the toothlike projections of the lip calus. - 28, 319

odontos - G.m. Odus. Tooth. See Polyodon. - 14, 277; 16, 434

odora - DSN. L. Fragrant. See Justicia o. - 16, 394c,d

odorata – DSN. L. Sweet smelling. Fragrant. See Hermbstaedtia o. var aurantiaca, Chromolaena o. - 16,300I; 18,210

odoratissima - DSN. L. In Lapeirousia o. it refers to the sweet scent of the flowers, especially noticeable in the evening. - 5, pl 42

odoratissimum – DSN. Very sweet odour. See Helichrysum o. – 18,316

odoratissimus - DSN. Very sweet odour. See Sclerochiton o. – 18,200

odoratus - DSN. Scented. - 12, 304; 13, 1223

odorus - DSN. Fragrant. - 10, 340

odus - DSN. G. Odontos. Tooth. - 14, 277

OE

oeceoclades - DSN. G. From oikeios private and klados branch, possibly referring to Lindley’s separation of certain species from ngraecum to form a distinct tribe or ‘private’ branch. - 28,325

oecium- - G. In compounds, -house, -room. - 14, 472

oedo- - G. In compounds, swell, swollen - 14, 472

oenos - G. m. Wine. - 14, 277

oeonia - DGN. G. From oionos bird of prey, possibly alluding to the flower which fancifully resembles a bird in flight. - 28, 326

oeoniella - DGN. G. Diminutive name of Oeonia, another Madagascian orchid. - 28, 327

oenothera - MGN. Meaning uncertain. - 16, 280c-e

oertendahlii – CSN. Named after Ivar Anders Oertendahl. See Plectranthus o. – 18,474

OF

of- - See ob-. - 14, 303

officinale – DSN. Of practical use to people. See Taraxacum o. – 18,338

officinalis - DSN. Of the (apothecaries) shops. Medicinal. See Cornus o., Platanus o., Rosmarinus o. - 10,105, 255, 289, 340; 13, 1223

OI

oianthum - DSN. G. From oios, alone, one and anthos, a flower. See Brachystelma o. - 1, 218; 16,324b

-oideae - Ending derived from plural f. ending of adjective, added to the stem of the name, or of a synonym, of the type genus of a subfamily to form name of this subfamily. E.g. Boraginoideae, from Borago. - 14, 472

-oides - -odes, -oideus, -a, -um. Indicates resemblance, noun base. Arachnoides, like a spider’s web from web, arachnion. G. –odes, -oideus. In compounds, like , resembling, having the form or nature of. Generic name endings in –oides, or –odes. - 14, 310, 472

-oideus -a, -um. Indicating resemblance, noun base. See –oides. - 14, 309, 310

-oideus - G. –odes, -oides. In compounds, like , resembling, having the form or nature of. Generic name endings in –oides, or –odes. - 14, 472

oikeios - G. Private. See Oeceoclades - 28, 325

oikos – DSN. House. See genus Oeceoclades.- 18,126,372,520

oinos – DSN. Wine. See genus Oenothera.- 18,160,410

oionos - G. Bird of prey. See Oenia - 28, 326

oios - G. Alone, one. See oianthum. - 1, 218; 16, 324b

okimon – G.L. From the Greek and Latin for Ocimum.- 18,556

OL

oldenlandia - CSN. Hendrik Barnard Oldenland. [See also Kohautia] - 12, 299; 16, 400f, 404h

olea - DSN. L. Oil. The Latin name for a very long-lived olive tree from the fruits of which oil is extracted. - 1, 194; 4, 100; 10, 237; 11, 145; 16, 296e

-olentus - -a, -um. See –ulentus. - 14, 309, 310

olearia - DGN. From olea, olive, because some of the species’ leaves resemble the leaves of the Olive Tree. - 10, 237

oleifolius - DGN. L. With leaves resembling those of the Olive. See Tapinanthus o. - 1, 102

olens – DSN. Smelling, odorous, pleasant or unpleasant. - 14, 472

oleous – DSN. Full of oil. - 14, 472

oleracea - DSN. Resembling herbs. See Neptunia o. – 18,256

oleraceum - DGN. L. Refers to cultivated cabbage because this species has cabbage-like leaves. See Cyphostemma o.- 1, 166; 16, 246a

oleum – DSN. Oil. - 14, 472

olig- - . oligo-. In compounds, few-. - 14, 473

oligo- - G. olig-. In compounds, few-. - 14, 473

oligocephala - DSN. G. With few heads. See Verninia o. - 1, 274; 16, 434f, 436e

oligophyllos - G. Having few leaves from oligos, few. - 14, 277

oligos - G. Little, small, few. See oligophyllos. - 14, 277

olinia - CSN. Johan Hendrik Olin. - 16, 274a